A typically lesser known virus is looking to make its mark this winter – the human metapneumovirus (HMPV). The latest figures by the UK Health and Security Agency (UKHSA) shows 5 per cent of people of ...

Cases of human metapneumovirus (HMPV) and other seasonal viruses are on the rise across the northern hemisphere in early 2025 ...

Chinese health officials are reportedly monitoring an increase in cases of human metapneumovirus (HMPV). There is currently no evidence that the outbreak is out of the ordinary or that a new ...

In mid-March at the height of the surge, over 19 percent of all respiratory secretion specimens polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tested and over 10 percent of those antigen-tested came back positive ...

Five years on from the first news of COVID, recent reports of an obscure respiratory virus in China may understandably raise ...

RALEIGH, N.C. -- Doctors are keeping a closer eye on a little-known virus this season. According to the CDC reports of cases of the human metapneumovirus or hMPV spiked this spring. CDC officials ...

Reports have been circulating about an outbreak of human metapneumovirus (HMPV) in China, with some speculating that the virus could spread much like COVID-19. Experts are saying there is no need for ...

In the year 2000, Dutch scientists went on a mission of exploration – not to discover lands or riches, but to identify unknown causes of acute respiratory infections. These illnesses, from the common ...

A virus that virtually nobody has ever heard of has spread across the United States, causing a 36% spike in cases in 2023, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.